Quotes from Myles Garrett

I'm a regular person. I'm a regular guy. As a kid, I played games. As a kid, I liked poetry. As a kid, I liked drawing. And I never felt the need to stop doing anything. I never lost interest in them.

I want to be the best. The only thing holding me back is me.

I've already said I like the Cowboys because that's my hometown team. Everybody knows you're going to like your hometown team.

If I hope for four or five sacks, and I only get two or three, that's still a good week for me, so I gotta go out there with those high hopes, those high expectations, and try to achieve them.

I want to be a paleontologist, whether it's amateur or professional. And I want to be a humanitarian.

You want to get the sack, but you want to get the forced fumble and the fumble recovery. And if you get the touchdown, that's the cherry on top. But you're looking for those three always.

I'm going to stay respectful. The team comes first. I'm not going to do anything to jeopardize them or myself, so I'll just make sure I speak lightly and carry a big stick.

When I'm traveling for away games, I'm reading.

When I'm sitting in my hotel room, I'm reading. If I've got some time after class, I'm reading. If I can get away with it while I'm doing treatment, I'm reading.

You played 'Snake' on it. That's what we had a cell phone for, when my mother would let us use it. When you had it, you set it down at the table, you set it down in the other room, we ate, and you enjoyed your time with your family.

If I have to play every snap for us to have a chance to win, I'm going to do that.

I think I was born in the right era. But I missed out on some great music.

'Faithfully' speaks to me. It's about a guy who's busy with his work, always on the road, but I'm still completely into you. If you just hold on, I'll completely give myself to you. Just stick along for the ride.

I'm just a person that played a game in the spotlight.

More people should stand up and not be afraid to do things that mean something to them.

I want to be great, and that's holding myself to my standards, not anybody else's.

Knowing that guys are out there improving and trying to take it to that next level, that gives me fire to improve my play and work on these little things that can keep me from dominating a game.

You have to know what you're doing to help people and have an important stance in life. You can only do that by staying focused, and I can't lose focus for a second.

If I'm not the best D-lineman, it's not good enough for me.

Sometimes you have to stutter step; sometimes you have to spin inside. You have to run some games.

Accidents happen on the field.

A great team versus another great team, your performance is going to go down. But my job is to improve my consistency where, when I dominate against the lesser teams, go and do well and do the same amount of work when I'm going against the Alabamas and the LSUs, and it will come.

I'm just gonna make plays and bring a good atmosphere to your organization.

Don't let anyone be close to how good you are, no matter what the division is - one, two or three. It doesn't matter, everyone plays football. It doesn't matter who the competition is.